Archive for October 7th, 2011
Bring the workplace to the occupations; bring the occupations to the workplace
Posted by John, October 7th, 2011 - under Anti-capitalism, Fighting back, Occupations, Occupy Wall Street, Resistance, Working class.
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It is vital for the long term viability and success of the occupations to have the working class as working class involved and at its centre. Bring the workplace to the occupations; bring the occupations to the workplace.
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Syrian protest
Posted by John, October 7th, 2011 - under Syria.
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From Lee Rhiannon. Rally for Syrian democracy this Sunday at noon in Hyde Park, Sydney. Help us remind the world. For more information call Khaled Sattouf The Australian Syrian Association 0422 343 270
The baddest Apple in a rotten bunch
Posted by John, October 7th, 2011 - under Apple, Steve Jobs.
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Humanity didn’t enter a new epoch simply because, as the New York Times put it, the “most important technology product no longer sits on your desk but rather fits in your hand.”
There is nothing revolutionary about an overpriced computer crippled by an uncooperative, deliberately closed design, and manufactured under conditions so unbearable they drive people to suicide, just because people can carry it in their pockets.
A genuine revolution would make virtual slavery something associated with an old, out-of-date version of humanity.